Menhaden ship captain cited for violating new fishing restrictions on Louisiana coast
The captain of a menhaden ship was cited for fishing within a restricted buffer zone off Terrebonne Parish near Vermillion Bay early this month, the first such citation under new rules. According to the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Michael J. Tapper, 47, of Moss Point, Miss. used his 154-foot “mother ship” to fish “well inside” a new buffer zone that restricts menhaden fishing within a quarter mile of the coast. The new restrictions, which went into effect last year, established even larger buffers around Elmer’s Island, Grand Isle and Grand Terre Island. The citation is the first under the restrictions. >click to read< 10:34
ABOUT DAMN TIME !!!!!Those that are making the rules are nothing but politians that’s obvious !!! You keep taking from Louisianans and letting out of towners take what they want at our expense !!!
It’s been WAYYYYY past time that something is done to those who keep taking what they want and as how much they want when we Louisianans get a citation if we did that . I was a charter captain for many years and have seen their destruction when hundreds of dead redfish between 20- 40 pound bull reds are floating and how do you explain that to people in your boat who come here and spend good money to fish !!